Category Archives: WordPress as CMS

Using WordPress in Alternate Configurations – My WordCamp Whistler 09 Presentation

Finally, after a full week of catching up, here is the video tutorial version of my presentation at WordCamp Whistler 09 for those who were there and those who couldn’t come. The video is also available on WordPress.tv if you’d … Continue reading

New WordPress-based Site: AnnyChih.com

Two weekends ago my sister-in-law Anny Chih asked for some help sprucing up her WordPress blog. She wanted to apply for The Best Job in the World – the Tourism Queensland online video contest where you post a 1 minute … Continue reading

Code snippets from my WordCamp presentation

Here are some code snippets from my WordCamp Whistler presentation. This article will be expanded in the coming week but in the meantime here they are for anyone wanting to play around with them: Custom Page Templates in 5 lines … Continue reading

Speaking about WordPress as CMS at WordCamp Whistler – What do you want me to cover?

I am speaking at WordCamp Whistler on January 24th on the topic of using WordPress to create, design and manage “non-blog” web sites – in other words using WordPress as a CMS. If you follow this blog you know that … Continue reading

WordCamp Whistler Pitch: Moving Beyond the Blog – Building Web Sites with WordPress as the CMS

WordCamp is coming to the wonderful winter wonderland of Whistler on January 24th, 2009 and I’d like to throw my name in the hat of presenters and share some of what I’ve learned working with everyone’s favourite blogging platform WordPress … Continue reading

6 Must Have WordPress Plug-ins

WordPress is a powerful blogging platform and CMS that can be used for simple blogs as well as advanced websites. One of the things that makes WordPress my chosen platform for all my projects – from personal blogs to massive … Continue reading

Introducing Design is Philosophy

After finishing a series of projects long overdue I finally had a couple of days to sit down and redesign my much neglected blog. Over the summer I’ve jotted down ideas and sketches for this blog but I’ve never really … Continue reading

New WordPress based site: The Reader’s Companion

In conjunction with the release of my new book Sams Teach Yourself Microsoft Expression Web 2 in 24 Hours I have created a Reader’s Companion site where the readers can download lesson files, dive deeper into the world of Expression … Continue reading

WordPress Standard Search Widget Not Working

UPDATE: So it turns out the problem was caused by the Ultimate Tag Warrior plugin. Once deactivated, the search box is now working properly. I’ll drop Christine Davis a line about this problem when I have time. So my friend … Continue reading

WordPress as CMS – The Project

I’ve been talking about this for a while now and it’s time I got a little more specific. It is my contention that with some small tweaks, WordPress can be used as an excellent Content Management System (CMS) and used … Continue reading